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Belt game 783 · November 4, 1956

St. Louis Hawks take the belt

St. Louis Hawks beat Syracuse Nationals 78–76 on the road to start reign 357 of the NBA belt, the 25th for the franchise.

Syracuse Nationals had held it since October 27, 1956, with 2 defenses over 8 days.

St. Louis Hawks held it for 7 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Pistons on November 11, 1956.

357Reign number
25Team's reign
2Defenses
7Days held
Box score

St. Louis Hawks

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Ed Macauley02060——7-19—6-8
Bob Pettit019141——5-17—9-13
Willie Naulls017123——8-18—1-4
Jack Coleman01045——4-11—2-3
Cliff Hagan0543——2-9—1-2
Medford Park0470——2-8—0-0
Charlie Share0180——0-5—1-1
Irv Bemoras0110——0-4—1-1
Jack McMahon0111——0-4—1-3

Syracuse Nationals

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PFT
Dolph Schayes028251——8-16—12-13
Earl Lloyd01150——4-11—3-5
Ed Conlin0942——3-10—3-4
Johnny Kerr0980——4-12—1-1
Paul Seymour0625——2-8—2-2
Jim Tucker0630——3-4—0-0
Joe Holup0661——1-8—4-4
Al Bianchi0120——0-6—1-2
Don Savage0000——0-1—0-0
Jim Ray0011——0-0—0-0

Player box scores: Historical NBA Data and Player Box Scores by Eoin Moore (CC0).

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